A week after sharing my woes about practical, daily dressing I had a rare day of no cycling or gym-ing which meant I could put on a dress! It felt only right to mark this momentous occasion with an embarrassing public photograph.

This is me in St Pancras station with a statue of John Betjamin. The two of us are gazing in wonder and awe at the station roof, a kind stranger coerced into photographing us. (Thanks, Carol!) John is wearing a mac, I am wearing my Vogue 8667 dress, made in magenta wool from Stone Fabrics. I gotta tell ya, it’s a great dress! Perfect for Autumn.

I don’t need much of an excuse to get the glad rags out, as evidenced by Operation Oonaballoona. If you haven’t already heard, Dolly Clackett is organising a get-together in October so that I can wear my Gertie bombshell dress once it’s, ahem, finished. (Well, I’m sure that’s not the only reason.) Do sign up if you fancy joining us. It’s guaranteed to be a riot!

* The only vaguely optimistic Betjamin quote I could get. God, his poems are depressing!

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Your magenta dress surely bought a splash of colour to St Pancras. It is such a beautiful dress, in a lovely colour. As you say, perfect for Autumn! I think that John Betjamin is actually Sir John, so I hope you were suitably reverential – at least you were suitably dressed to be mixing with the upper classes! So no pressure to finish your bombshell dress then? Hah!

Gorgeous dress, and equally gorgeous blog! I love your idea of getting perfect strangers to take your picture in public. That would really be a challenge for me – definitely push me out of my comfort zone! And, I have to say that I’m jealous that you sewing bloggers are always having meet ups. I guess I can’t complain – Mena at the Sew Weekly proposed a San Francisco meet up this weekend, but it’s my own fault I won’t be going. It’s 1920s Gatsby themed, and I didn’t get my act together in time. Anyway, nice to meet you, and happy sewing!